that could very well be your problem.  If I had a higher magnification picture to look at I'd almost say that looks like a reline, but I'm not a Stevens guy so I'm not real sure

Well, almost there. My 414 made me very happy this weekend. On Friday I headed up to the mountains to pick up the 414 from the gunsmith and head out to my property to try her out. My smith put a new crown on the muzzle, did a bore compound treatment, and polished a few things on the trigger components. The bore job came out really nice. It cleaned out the dark ring and the lands and grooves seem to have a fresh sharpness to them. The trigger is still at about four pounds so more will have to be done there. I am trying for three pounds.I picked up a brick of CCI target loads at 40 grn 1050 fps for this test. By the time I was ready to head out with rifle in hand it was fifteen degrees with a wind chill of zero and it was windy but there were breaks with the wind. Out I went.I went through three boxes of ammo. The first twenty shots were one to two inches apart then the groups started to get smaller. I decided to go in and take a break to clean the barrel. Back out I went. The winds calmed down and the last twenty shots went into a half inch . This was at twenty five yards with the rifle in a lead sled. I am very excited and happy. I would like to thank Mr. Winston Smith for all the help and advise, as well as everyone here on the forum for for all the advice.

SquirrelStalker,
Please be aware that not all Squirrels are the same. Here is one that is not often seen and even less often photographed, The Sabre-tooth or Vampire Squirrel. Be carefull out there.

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Harry 

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SquirrelStalker,

Please feel free to pass the picture on to your taxidermist. I'd love to see one of these mounted. No! Not that way. lol.

It would be a good item to impress hunters who have never met one. Photoshop can work wonders at times.

Harry

BINGO !

I plan on working with the gun out to seventy five yards eventually. Once I get the trigger down to two pounds.  On the barrel cleaning. I am a clean barrel guy. Always have been. Always will be. The picture of the group I posted is ten shots out of a clean barrel. I don't see where running a few patches with Hoppes down a barrel can hurt it. Those patches come out black. That being said, I respect anyone  who chooses not to clean so frequently if the gun shoots well and has the sweet spot. I think the sweet spot, not so clean theory ,applies more to target shooters. I am a hunter. When I get up at four in morning and grab my gun from the cabinet, I want it to put that bullet where I want it to go.Just like it did when I zeroed it. So I work hard to find the ammo that the gun likes to shoot when she is clean and cold. My gunsmith made some money working on that 414 barrel. My money. So she is getting cleaned and oiled every time I use her.